Python Regex first match

Asked May 06 '20 at 07:46

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I would like to delete the first occuring pattern in a string. There are plenty of answers at stackoverflow which suggest to use the ?-symbol to make the regex non-greedy, however I couldn't make it work.

text = "Some text, more text, even more text"
print(re.sub(".+?, ", "", text))

The print-statement delivers

even more text

and I am expecting

more text, even more text

edited May 06 '20 at 07:47

asked May 06 '20 at 07:46

Timo

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There is an answer for this, too. `re.sub` has a count argument, pass it as `1` – Wiktor Stribiżew May 06 '20 at 07:46
Don't use the global flag – CinCout May 06 '20 at 07:48

Python Regex first match

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